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Jamie D’s Lolla 2010 preview

(Sorry, had to be specific since I know Giselle is going to through hers up and people are going to be all confused and ish.)

For the past 5 years I’ve called Grant Park home for 3 days in early August. It’s been an awesome experience in it’s own unique way each year and I fear for the days when I won’t be able to attend this festival. Things certainly have changed from my first year in 2006 when I saw maybe 5 acts total and they all weren’t before 6:00, now seeing 5 acts in one day is commonplace. You really got to hand it to Perry Farrell for taking a traveling party tour from the 90’s, making it a one weekend festival, putting it in Chicago and turning it into one of the 3 biggest summer music festivals. This year is slated to be the biggest Lolla yet, figuratively and literally (no really, check out the map) and I can almost-no, I can for sure guarantee it will be one for the record books. Now here’s the shows you will find me at.

Friday

B.O.B

Wavves or BBU

Kidz in the Hall

Matt and Kim

Black Keys

Chromeo

The Strokes (might try and stop by Gaga for a track or two)

Saturday

Rogue Wave

Stars

The xx or Dan Black

Grizzly Bear

Metric

Spoon

Cut Copy

Phoenix

Sunday

Neon Hitch

The Cribs

Minus the Bear

Chiddy Bang

Yeasayer

MGMT

The National

Arcade Fire

I got a photo pass this year, so well have some serious pics this year. Starting tomorrow morning cue the answering machine!